Compulsory pry edn upto Class-VIII, Secondary upto Class XII

New education policy to be implemented by Dec : Madrasha education to be modernized
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government will implement the new national education policy by December.
“We do not want that the national education policy remains unimplemented after formulation like in the past,” he told journalists after receiving the report submitted by the ‘National Education Formulation Policy Committee’ at his ministry.
Professor Kabir Chowdhury, Chairman and Dr Quazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmed, co-chairman of the committee handed the report of ‘National Education Policy 2009’ to the minister.
“We will send the report to the Prime Minister’s office after review. Then it will be placed at the cabinet meeting,” Nahid said adding prior to its implementation some procedural issues would be followed.
He said that the policy recommended extending secondary level to Class 12 and uniform curriculum across different school systems and modernising madrasa studies and forming a permanent education commission.
The new guidelines recommend extension of compulsory primary level education in phases up to Class 8, said Kholiquzzaman.
” Primary level would be extended to Class 6 by 2012, Class 7 by 2015 and up to Class 8 by 2018,” he mentioned. He said that identical curriculum and syllabus have been recommended for all existing primary education systems.
“Bangla, Bangladesh studies, mathematics, natural environment, social studies, IT, moral education and science will be made compulsory. Primary level exams will be held at the end of Class 8 and secondary school scholarships will be awarded based on the results,” he added.
“The new education policy also laid stresses on modernisation of madrasa education through introducing information technology and vocational training as compulsory subjects to create skilled manpower,” he informed.
The committee has also recommended to the government for increasing the number of polytechnic, textile and leather institutions for the expansion of technical education, he said.
The new education policy also suggested unifying the syllabus for degree-level subjects across all universities and decentralisation of National University.
The committee also recommended formation of a permanent education commission to implement the national education policy.
The ‘National Education Formulation Policy Committee’ was formed on April 8 with 17 members. The committee was supposed to submit the report within 90 working days but the deadline was later extended by a month.

Courtesy of The New Nation